Tag.



F. K. PLYMPTON.

TAG.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.'19.191I.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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FEEDERIC K. PLYMPTON, OF VVELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PLYMPTON MANUFACTURING COMIPANY, OF BOSTON,lt'IASSACH'l'J'SIElT'JJS, A CORPORATION OF- MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Nov. 2,1915.

Application filed December 19, 1911. Serial No. 666,684.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known thatI, 'FREDnRIo K. PLYMP- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wellesley, in the county'of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tags, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention provides an improved tag applicable either as a shipping-tag, or'as a baggagetag, price-tag, or for general purposes as a label. I

It has relation to the means of securing a string or wire to a tag or label for use in attaching the latter to a package or the like, and more particularly to means ofreinforcing the tag or label to prevent the same from being torn away from the string or wire too easily, and of obviating injury or weakening of the string or wire.

Tags of the kinds at present most generally in use have a hole punched near one end of the same, and the attaching string or wire is passed through such hole. The tag is reinforced around the hole by washers of paper-material applied to both surfaces, and in some cases, in addition, the

hole is bushed with a metal eyelet.

The invention dispenses with the hole in the tag, and obviates the threading of an at- I taching string or wire therethrough, as well as with the special operation by which the string or wire is secured so as to prevent it from escaping from the hole. It dispenses, also, with the washers and eyelet heretofore applied in conjunction with the hole to prevent the string or wire from tearing out of the hole.

The invention, further, enables the tag to be made complete, with string or'wire fastened thereto in a manner precluding accidental detachment from the tag, by simple and rapidly-performed operations, and by automatic machinery having a high productive capacity.

The invention consists in a tag in which an attaching string or Wire is secured against one edge thereof by means of a U- shaped strip of sheet-metal bent around the string or wire and the end-portion of the tag, with its legs lying at the surfaces of the tag, and in which a reinforcing strip or strips intervenes between the legs and the tag, withburs driven from-said legs into the reinforcing material and the tag and upset therein." An important function of the relnforclng material is to provide increased substance to receive the burs and give the latter a more effective hold. Preferably the reinforcingmaterial embraces the stringer wire and protects the same from being out by the edges of the sheet-metal strip.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, in which latter,"

Figure 1 shows one face of'a tag having the main features of the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 shows the other face of such tag. Fig. 3 is a View in longitudinal section on lines v3, 3, of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. l shows one face of a tag made in accordance withv the invention, andin which the reinforce serves as a protection for the attaching string or wire. Fig. 5 shows the other face of the tag of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view in longitudinal section on lines 6, 6, of Figs. 4 and 5.

Referring first to is marked Land 2 is an attaching string,

only a portion of the length of the latter be- 7 7 Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the- .sheet of material constituting the tag itself 80 end and its legs lying upon the surfaces of the tag. Preferably, though not necessarily in all cases, the reinforcing strip is cemented to the said surfaces, greater strength and resisting capacity beingthereby secured. The U-shaped sheet-metal strip is marked 4. It is bent around the string and the end of the tag, with its legs lying outside the reinforce ing strip. The bend of the sheet-metal strip presses firmly against the exterior of the reinforcing strip, and clamps the string securely so as 'to preventaccidental withdrawal of the string. Burs 4 4*, struck from the legs of the sheet-metal strip into the reinforcingmaterial and the thickness of the tag, and upset therein, secure the sheet-metal strip in place upon the end of the tag. These burs being located at different points in the length of the legs of the bent strip fasten the said legs closely to the opposite sides ofthe tag and prevent them from springing away therefrom. Consequently, the 'cord or wire is securely clasped transversely between the legs, thus further securing it from displacement.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention which is represented in Figs; 4:, 5 and 6, the reinforcing strip 3 intervenes betweenthe string and the sheet-metal strip, and its width is greater than that of the strip. The side-portions of the reinforcing strip project beyond both edges of the sheetmetal strip, as shown, so that whenstrain is applied tending to pull the, tagaway from the string the said projecting portions bend upward at such edges and, prevent the string from contacting; with the edges and thereby becoming chafed and cut.

WVhat is claimedas thev invention is:

1. The combination withthe tagor label. proper, and theattaching string, of the U- shaped sheet-metal strip. or piece clasping the string and a marginal portion of the tag or, label proper within its; bend or bight, and a reinforcing strip also; claspedwbetween such strip or piece and the tag, the said strip or piece, having its, respective, limbs formedeach with one or more burs intermediate the said, bend or bight and. the ends of the limb which are set inthe material of thetag or label proper and the reinforcing material from the opposite faces of the latter and clenched.

2; The combination with the tag or label proper, and the attaching string, of the U- shaped piece or strip clasping a marginal portion of the tag or label proper and an intermediate portion of the length of the string and clamping the string within its bend or bight, with its respective limbs permanently secured at intermediate, points intheir lengths to the opposite sides of the tagor; label proper, and reinforcing material Wider than the said U-shaped piece or strip, and intervening between the string and such, piece orstrip and clamped between said legs and the tag, the said reinforcing material protecting the string from the edges of the U-shaped piece or strip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in, presence of two witnesses.

FREDERIC K. PLYMPTON.

Witnesses:

NATHAN B. DAY, CHAs. F. RANDALL.

Copies; of this patent may be obtained, for. five cents each, by. addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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